Device for trimming the ends of tubes



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DEVICE FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS OP'TUBBSI. N0. 356,957. Patented Feb. 1, 1887.

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DEVICE FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS'OF TUBES.

.No. 356,957. Patented Feb. 1, 1887.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE. Y

EMILIO QUEROL Y ELGADO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS OF TUBES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 356,957, dated February 1, 1887.

Application filed June 26, 1886.

dinarily in cutting small iron and other-metal pipes to length the cutter, which is operated from the exterior, not only makes a bad or imperfect finish at the cut end of the pipe, but leaves a burn which extends to the inside and often materially interferes with the free flow of fluid through the pipe.

My invention consists in a novel tool that with its holder, which forms a portion of the invention, constitutes ahand machine or apparatus, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, for removing the burr or burrs on the cut end of the pipe and for finishing said end,

Reference is to be had'tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspectiveof a tool and bolder therefor embodying my invention and as applied to the cut end of a piece of tube or pipe, and Fig. 2 is a partly broken and sectional longitudinal view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the tool proper in an inverted position, upon a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a partly sectional and l broken View of a piece of pipe before the same has been dressed by my improved tool, and Fig. 5 is a similar View of the same piece of pipe after it has been finished at its end by the tool.

A indicates a piece of metal tube or pipe, and b its cut end.

D is the tool for removing the burr or burrs from the end of the pipe left in severing the pipe. This tool is formed with a head, It, having an annular recess, m, in its under or inner face, adapted to receive within it the cut end of the pipe after it has been dressed, and said head is further provided around the, outer Serial No. 206,304. (No model.)

margin of said annular recess with a series of cutters, g, formed by angularrecesses, leaving inner cutting-edgesin the inner face of the head and adapted to remove any burr or roughness on the outer sides of the pipe at its.

end. The inner margin of the annular recess m is formed by a stem projecting-from the inner face of the recessed head. adapted to enter within the end portion of the pipe, and constructed with cutting-edges near its base, forming a reaming cutter or body,f, which, as the tool is rotated-as, for instance, by an outer stem extension or shank, s, or by its head lc removes the burr on the inner end .of the pipe B is an eye orsleeve-like jaw or arm adapted to slip over the cut-end portion of the pipe, and having an attached projecting clamp, c, which, when pressure is applied to the outer end of the arm B, binds or bears upon the side of the pipe to hold the apparatus thereon. Pivoted. as at d, to the Outer endof this jaw or arm B is a hand-lever, O, slotted, as at e, to slip over the pipe and to pass to the opposite side thereof to that on which the fulcrum or pivot 11 of the lever isarranged. This handlever 0 not only serves by pressing inward or bearing down on it to exert a tilting action upon the jaw or arm B to make the apparatus hold on to the pipe, but it also serves by its downward or inward motion to give the necessary pressure on and feed to the tool D, the outer stem-extension, s, of which passes within or through an outercollar or head, i, that is connected by links it h with thelever C. These links h h and collar 2' virtually form a swinging frame,withiu which the tool D is free to rotate. Said tool D is forced up to its work by bearing inward or downward upon the lever (J, the collar z carrying the tool D along with it. The swinging frame h h and 13 provides for the selfadjustment of the cutting-tool D to its work or in line with the pipe free from restraint by IO locking or set screw, 2),- but my invention is not restricted to any precise means for rotating said tool. After the cut end of the tube or pipe A has had the burr or burrs on it removed, and said end of the pipe has been fin- 15 ished as required by the apparatus, inward thrust is relieved from the lever G, when the machine or apparatus may readily be shifted or drawn off the tube or pipe.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

20 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The tool D, having a head, k, provided with an annular recess, m, in its inner face, cutters g around the outer margin of said an- 25 nular recess, and a reaming-cutter or cutting projection, f, arranged to project centrally from within said recess, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The tool I), having a head, k, provided 0 with an annular recess, m, in its inner face,

cutters 9 around the outer margin of said annular recess, a reaming-cutter or cutting projection, f, arranged to project centrally from within said recess, and an outer stem-exten- 35 sion or shank, s, essentially as and for the par pose herein described.

3. In a combined hand-tool and holder for removing the burrs from or finishing the cut ends of tubes or pipes, the combination of an arm or jaw adapted to slip over the pipe and to hold onto the same, a pressu re'lever attached to said arm or jaw, a swinging frame carried by said lever, and arotatable finishing cuttingtool having its bearings in said swinging frame and provided with means for rotating it, substantially as specified.

4. In a combined tool and holder for finishing the cut ends of tubes or pipes, the eombination of the eye or sleeve-like arm B, having a clampingprojeetion. c, the pressure-lever C, the links it h, and collar 1', and the rotatable cutting-tool D, provided with means for rotating it and having inner and outer cutters, f g, essentially as described.

5. In a combined tool and holder for finishing the out ends of tubes or pipes, the comhi nation, with the clamping arm B, lever (l, and swinging frame 6 h h, of the rotatable cuttingtool D, having means for rotating it, and provided with an annular recess, m, and inner and outer cutters or cutting projectionsfy, adapted to operate upon the inside and outside of the cut end portion of the pipe, substantially as described.

6. In aeombined tool and holder for finishing the cut ends of tubes or pipes, the combination of therotatable crank or handle E with the pressure-lever O, the clamping jaw or arm B, a swinging frame carried by said lever, and a finishing cutting-tool arranged for rotation within or through said swinging frame by the crank or handle E, essentially as herein set forth.

EMILIO QUEROL Y DELGADO.

Vitnesses:

O. SEDGWICK, A. E. BEACH. 

